# Heraclitus |  | **Heraclitus** was an ancient Greek pre-Socratic philosopher from the city of Ephesus, which was then part of the Persian Empire. He exerts a wide influence on ancient and modern Western philosophy, including through the works of Plato, Aristotle, Hegel, and Heidegger. | |-|-| | | wikipedia:: [Heraclitus](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heraclitus) | [[No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it's not the same river and he's not the same man]]